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Martin/Zimmerman incident revealed corruption of our media

To The Daily Sun,The Zimmerman-Martin incident and aftermath is sad on many levels. Martin is dead. Facing death threats, Zimmerman lives in hiding. Both families are devastated.People, "getting justice for Trayvon" create other victims. The media demonstrated its corruption. Political pressure forced an indictment when one may not have been warranted, raising questions whether any of us can be assured of getting fair treatment by the law. The usual race-baiters did their best with the help of the media and President Obama to roll back our progress to a colorblind society.People make claims without any evidence. A recent headline declares, "Would Zimmerman have picked a fight if he hadn't been armed?" There is no evidence that that Zimmerman either confronted or started any physical interaction with Martin. Others say Martin would be alive if he were white, yet who considers race, or anything besides survival, when someone who is killing us? The prosecution, the defense, and FBI investigators indicated that race was not a factor. If you spent many lonely hours trying to protect your neighbors from further harm, would the race of a suspiciously acting person change your actions? No.Others say the shooting wouldn't have happened if Zimmerman had acted differently (although he acted legally). But it wouldn't have happened if Martin had just continued home, if Martin hadn't been expelled from school, or maybe if Martin hadn't been taking behavior-altering substances.The police felt there was inadequate evidence to charge Zimmerman with a crime. The jury apparently agreed, even though they were denied much evidence about Martin's character including that he had been discovered with burglar tools and stolen property.Why did the media sensationalize this incident? Why alter Zimmerman's 911 calls? Why suppress exculpatory evidence and publish misleading photos and information about Zimmerman and Martin? Why use the term "white Hispanic" for Zimmerman who is half-white, just like President Obama?Was the media just trying to create a story? To fan racial hatred? To distract minorities from how much they are suffering under President Obama's policies? To distract the public from Obama's scandals?Do Obama and Holder have so much contempt for our justice system and the American people (police, prosecutors, judges, jurors, etc.) that they feel entitled to determine the outcome of this (or any) incident? Or, did they too welcome a distraction from Obama's failures and scandals?As sad as this incident is for the Martins and Zimmermans, it is equally as sad for our country. This incident reveals the total corruption of our media, the Obama administration's inappropriate influence on our justice system and their willingness to stoke racial strife for political gain.Don EwingMeredith